Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu‘s corporate and M&A group is especially known for its experience in handling high-value transactions for both domestic and international clients, in particular cross-border transaction work. The team offers a full service to clients in industries spanning the real estate, consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, electronics, telecoms, energy, and technology sectors, with recent work involving assisting a Japan-based international manufacturer with an acquisition spanning three jurisdictions. Hiroshi Mitoma and Yuko Tamai jointly lead the team, which also includes Tomohiko Iwasaki, Shuichi Nishimura, Takahiro Oishi and Wataru Matsumoto; Oishi and Matsumoto were promoted to the partnership in January 2023.

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Key clients

Toshiba Corporation
Panasonic Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co.
Nitto Denko Corporation
Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co.
Bain Capital
Mitsubishi Corporation
The Carlyle Group
Unison Capital, Inc.
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Shimizu Corporation
Renesas Electronics Corporation
Dentsu Group Inc.
Sumitomo Corporation
SoftBank Corp.
Isuzu Motors Limited
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation
Sony Corporation
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
NTT DATA Corporation
Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
CVC Capital Partners
Advantage Partners
PAG Japan Limited
KKR

Work highlights

Acted as lead counsel for the board of directors and the special committee of TOSHIBA CORPORATION on its acquisition by a consortium led by JIP.
Acted as sole counsel to a consortium consisting of NTT Anode Energy Corporation and JERA Co., Inc., in its acquisition of Green Power Investment Corporation from Pattern Energy Group LP.
Advised The Nagano Bank, Ltd. on its business integration with The Hachijuni Bank, Ltd. through a share exchange.